Medicine - Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators Ancient Discoveries : Season 1 Episode 2
TV-PG History 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: December 21st, 2003 @ 10:00 PM EST on History
"Medicine" is mostly devoted to Galen, a Greek physician in the Roman Empire who pioneered numerous medical techniques, honing his craft on wounded gladiators and soldiers on the battlefield. The unique discovery in this episode is a human skull that implies an effort to perform a rudimentary type of brain surgery.